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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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